Improved stair-rod



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The Schedule referred to in' these Letters Patent and making part of thsan-e4 To all whom it may concern f Be it know thatI, H. UHRY, of thecity of New York, in the county and State of "New York, have inventedcertain Improvements iu Stair-Rods; and I do declare that the followingis afull and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents the broken end ofone of my improved stair-rods, seen from the front; v

Figure 2 is a horizontal central section ofthe same;

Figure 3 represents the end of one of my improved rods when detachedfrom the stairfCaSe.;

Figure 4 represents the fastening-button, seen from the back partthereof;

Figure 5 is a section of the same through its cen-4 tre; and

Figure Gis the screw-eye, which,.with the hollow head, forms thefastening.

This invention relates to an improvement;` in the construction of,theiastening of the stair-rods already pat-- ented by me, whereby thefastening-'head is entirely detached from the rod, making both moreconvenient ends, at the point where it is to be attached to thestair-case, a circular hole, F.

This rod has near lboth itsv O is the top piece or front of the buttonB. Itv

may be made of any desired materialr-bnt isA to he slipped into therecess of the button, and there fastened by slightly bending inwardlythe edges of the case..

The piece -O may be made -of glass, or of a semi'- transparent material,and besides being ornamental, it

will allow of seeing through the screw-eye, to know how the same isturned. Disclaiming a slotted holder fastened to the rod by a lid-piece,asfdescribed iu my case F, patented Febrnaryi), 1869, and numbered86,716, I claim, as an improvement thereonl. The combination of thehollow button B, screwey'e T, and rod A, constructed and arranged asshown. 2. The hollow button C, having a glass top or face, for thepurpose of seeing the screw-eye when it is -invserted therein.

H. UHRY. Ln. s]

Witnesses J ONA. BELL,

H. GENGEMBRE' HUBERT.

